John Robert Forte, Jr is an American comic book artist, active since the early 1940s, best known as one of the primary authors in the history of DC's first Legion of Superheroes. Forte also drew for Timely Comics and Atlas Comics - the 1940s and 1950s predecessors, respectively, of Marvel Comics - as well as for the American Comics Group. Fiction House, Lev Gleason and Quality Comics. He has worked primarily for DC Comics since 1958, drawing stories about Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane for the Superman Family titles. Forte is also the artist for "Tales of the Bizarro World", before Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes was the main feature film in Adventure Comics. He also illustrated pulp magazines, calendars, clothing catalogs and newspaper advertisements. John Forte died of cancer at the age of 47 in Valley Stream, New York on May 20, 1966.
This hip hop musician is most known for his songwriting, producing, and performing work with the iconic 1990s group The Fugees. He has released solo albums such as I, John, and Water Light Sound.
